heil
German (Berlin)
/haɪ̯l/
adj
Definitions
- whole; intact; unhurt; safe
- (in combination with certain nouns) sheltered; innocent; ideal
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German heil inherited from Old High German heil inherited from *hail inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (whole, healthy, sound, hale, safe, entire, omen) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilos (healthy, whole) derived from Middle Low German hêl derived from Old Saxon hēl.
Origin
Old Saxon
hēl
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- health English
- heartwhole English
- holy English
- nonwhole English
- unwhole English
- whole English
- whole-footed English
- whole-hearted English
- whole-time English
- wholegrain English
- wholehearted English
- wholely English
- wholemeal English
- wholeness English
- wholesale English
- wholesome English
- wholestitch English
- wholetime English
- wholewise English
- wholist English
- wholistic English
- wholly English
- wholth English
- heilata Finnish
- Butt German
- Heil German
- Heilbronn German
- Heilbutt German
- heilsam German
- geheel Dutch, Flemish
- heel Dutch, Flemish
- heelal Dutch, Flemish
- heelhuids Dutch, Flemish
- heelkunde Dutch, Flemish
- *kóh₂ilos Proto-Indo-European
- *kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European
- *kóylos Proto-Indo-European
- *hailagaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailagô Proto-Germanic
- *hailaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailiþō Proto-Germanic
- *hailzą Proto-Germanic
- *hailį̄ Proto-Germanic
- hal Old English
- hæl Old English
- hāl Old English
- hole Middle English
- heill Old Norse
- heilsa Old Norse
- hel Danish
- heltal Danish
- heill Icelandic
- hêel Middle Dutch
- heil Old High German
- heilur Faroese
- heil Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *hail gmw-pro
- *hailiþu gmw-pro
- heil Old Dutch
- hēl Old Dutch
- hêl Middle Low German
- hēl Old Saxon
- hel Old Frisian
- hēl Old Frisian
- eils Vandalic